Not exact matches
He was also instrumental in
developing techniques for post thaw extended culture (PTEC) following fertilized
oocyte cryopreservation demonstrating the importance of embryo - endometrial synchrony for implantation, for which he received another research award.
«Although such differences may be a function of the large sample size and thus not clinically relevant, our findings suggest that use of ICSI may improve fertilization rates but not implantation or pregnancy rates in the setting of unexplained infertility, advanced maternal age, and low
oocyte [a cell from which an egg
develops] yield,» the authors write.
The workshop is designed primarily as a «hands - on» laboratory course program in which participants practice and learn techniques for the cryopreservation of cleavage - stage embryos, spermatozoa,
oocyte and ovaries, as
developed and currently applied by the EMMA - INFRAFRONTIER partner repositories and by the Jackson Laboratory.
We have now
developed a gentle light - sheet - based microscope for high - throughput imaging of mouse
oocytes and embryos to enable systematic molecular analysis of meiosis and early embryonic mitosis (figure 1).
Then we tested functionality of
oocytes matured in vitro by assessing the ability to
develop to the blastocyst stage, and by comparing the gene expression profiles of parthenogenic embryos and those obtained from IVF / ICSI.